Game-ball lifter



Sept. 14 1926.

R. A. WILSON GAME BALL LIFTER Patented Sept. 14, 1926.

UNITE STATES ROBERT A. Winsen,

oF DALLAS, TEXAS.

GAME-BALL LIFTER.

Application led July 9,

This invention relates to new and useful improvements in gaine balllitters.

In playing such games as golf the players put the ball into a cup at thecenter oi the green and ai'ter all the players have succeeded in puttingthe balls into the cups, 1t is necessary to reach into the cup andremove the balls.

The object of my invention is to` provide in conjunction with the usualmetal signal staff means for lifting the ball or balls from the cup whenthe staff is raised, thus obviating the necessity of stooping over andpicking the balls from the cup.

A further object of the invention is to provide a device torpreventingextraneous nia-tter filling the cup and also for cleaning thecup when desired.

A construction designed to carry out the invention will be hereinafterdescribed together with other features of the invention.

The invention will be more readily understood from a reading ot thefollowing specilication and by reference to the accompanying drawing, inwhich an example of the invention is shown and wherein Fig. 1 is avertical sectional view of a golf green cup showing a lifter constructedin accordance with my invention and attached to the stall1 of themarker.

F ig. 2 is a plan view of the same, themarker statt being in section,

Fig. 3 is a cross-sectional view taken on the line 33 oi' Fig. 1,

Fig. 4 is a vertical sectional view showing a modified form, and

Fig. 5 is an enlarged detail of the stop used with the modified form.

In the drawings the numeral 10 designates the usual cylindrical metalcup which may be made with or without a bottom, the former being'illustrated. About midway of the cup a transverse spider 12 is securedtherein. This spider has a central collar 13.

It is customary to designate the green or hole with a marker which Ihave shown as comprising an upright staf 14 with a suitable handle 15 atits upper end. Just below the handle a signal is secured to the staffand this signal may be a target`16 bearing the number of the green or itmay be flag 17. All of the foregoing parts are in common use and form nonovel feature of the invention.

The stati is inserted in the collar and its 1925. Serial N'o. 42,381.

lower end, which is usually pointed, Vis pushed into the ground at thebottom of.

the cup. In carrying out the invention I` secure a circular apron ordisk 18 on the stati in any suitable manner, as by passing the staffthrough the center of the apron and welding said apron thereon. Theapron is slightly inclined toward its outer margin and is formed with amarginal flange 19 turned up so as to form a circular groove. or troughcontiguous to its edge. However it is to be understood that the exactmanner of forming the apron, the material used and the method ofmounting the apron upon the stati, is subject to variation within thescope ot' the appended claims.

l/Vhen a ball is putted into the. cup it will fall upon the apron 18which is resting upon the spider 12. Owing to the inclination of theapron the ball will roll against the inner wall of the cup. If it isdesired to remove the ball the handle 15 is grasped and the staff 111 israised, whereby the apron becomes a lifter and carries the ball up thewall of the. cup. When the apron emerges from the rim of the cup theball will roll.-

against the flange 19 so as to overhang the apron above the greenimmediately surrounding the cup. The ball may be removed rom the apronin any suitable way.'

An invention of this nature permits of considerable variation within itsscope and as a further illustration I have shown another form in Figs. land 5. In this form a stop collar 2O is fastened on the staili by a setscrew V21 or in any other suitable. manner. The collar is positionedbelow the collar 13 of the spider 12 at such a point that when the apronis elevated to the topl of the cup, said collar 20 will strike thecollar 13, thus arresting the lifter suddenly which will jar the apronand dislodge the ball therefrom. Y

It is pointed out that the apron tits comparatively close in the cup andthus match stems, twigs, grass cuttings and obstructions lodging in thecup will tall upon the apron and will be dislodged from the cup when theapron is lifted.

1What I claim, is

1. The combination with the stati' of a golf green marker, the cupreceiving said marker, and the spider in said cup, of an apron securedon the stati just above said spider for receiving the balls putted intothe cup and for lifting the same therefrom a central bearing, a staslidingly mounted when tlie stati is elevated, and a stop aS- in saidbearingand a cup secured upon said tened on the sta below the spider forimstai1 to rest upon the spider and having its l0 pinzgingupon thespider and limiting the body inclined radially and downwardly and 5upward movement of the stati" and apron. terminating in an upturnedflange.

2. A game ball lifter Comprising a cup In testimony whereof I alii); mysignature. having a spider intermediate its ends with ROBERT A. WILSON.

